Posted on 01/20/2002 12:24:02 PM PST by knighthawk
BAGHDAD: Arab League Secretary-General Amr Mussa said in Baghdad yesterday that all Arab countries would oppose an eventual US military strike on Iraq.
“There is an Arab consensus on opposing any strike against any Arab country,” Mussa told reporters after arriving here on the first official visit to Iraq by a head of the pan-Arab body since 1990.
“The Arab League, the Arab Ministerial Council and the Arab summit, all were very clear in (upholding) the security, safety and territorial integrity of all Arab countries, including Iraq,” he said at the airport when asked about the possibility of a US military offensive against Iraq.
Mussa said he would discuss various aspects of the situation in Iraq with officials here, including President Saddam Hussein, during his 24-hour visit.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri was on hand at the airport to greet Mussa, who arrived to sanctions-hit Iraq on a special flight authorised by the UN.
“Iraq opens its arms to its Arab brethren, chief among them the man who leads the mechanism of joint Arab action,” Sabri said in a reference to the Arab League chief.
Mussa’s visit comes ahead of an Arab summit due March in Beirut. “I am visiting Iraq at a critical time for the Arab world and the Middle East region,” Mussa said.
“The talks I will hold here are important in the context of reviving Arab solidarity,” he added.
That's why the first Gulf War was a mistake. Who cares is Saddam owns Kuwait? What's he gonna do with the oil, drink it?
Such naivte. I suppose that means you can't be separated from the Clinton administration. You need to read the section of Plato's Republic on democracy.
Three wars at once. I've seen few people as eager as you to send American boys into combat.
And then imagine all the nation-building required after it's all over. We now won't be nation-building 1 country (Afganistan), but three. What fun.
Yes, and there was an Arab consensus that to bomb Afghanistan during Ramadan last year would be too much. All the muslim countries would be outraged. And then there was Saddam's threat of the "mother of all wars" during the Gulf War and that also blew out like a bunch of hot air.
I don't mean that they can't induce ignorant a$$s to blow up people, but their leadership has gone too far. Clinton isn't President any more, but they don't seem to realize it.
Enough being pushed around by a few extremists. The line has been drawn in the sand, it's time to take a stand.
Most here on FR do not "assume" anything. Nor do We necessarily agree with all things our government does. Most of us agree that some government is necessary in order for a quarter of a billion people to function without anarchy. Are you an anarchist?
All Arabs supported the Sept. 11th attack on the US .
What about the third category -- those only wanting to sell us snack foods and slurpies?
Is that so wrong?
It does sound like fun. We can teach them our Western ways. Introduce them to pornography such as the Sears catalog. Open up thousands of McDonalds across the Middle East -- serving lamb burgers and goat milk shakes.
Woo-hoo!
When did you take this survey?
Only when the government listens to the people....
Well, next time Saddam decides to invade some Arab countries, don't come asking America to free your sorry @sses
You actually believe we fought the Gulf War to free Arabs? Wow, that propaganda works even better in "democracies" than it did in communist countries. At least in the communist countries the people were skeptical of what their governments and media told them. Here people buy it without a second thought. Who would have guessed it?
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